“Monday mornin’ felt so bad, Ev’rybody seemed to nag me; Comin’ Tuesday I felt better, Even my old boss looked good, Wed’sday just didn’t go, Thursday went too slow; I’ve had Friday on my mind…”
Yep, with apologies to The Easybeats, at last Black Friday has arrived and I for one am coming over all Christmassy (lucky old Christmassy); I have even changed my profile picture, too.
And, I am sure you will forgive me if my musings aren’t quite up to their usual standard; after all, few of us want to be here; most want to be out there on the hunt.
Although, apparently not everyone is keen to do the leg work. According to a new study by Generation Media, commissioned in partnership with insights agency Giraffe Insights, one in five UK parents say they are already using AI tools such as ChatGPT to generate gift ideas for their children. (Lazy sods.)
This makes AI the fourth most common way for parents to research gift inspiration, coming behind linear TV, YouTube and social media respectively. It also found UK parents are significantly ahead of their US counterparts, being 80% more likely to use AI as part of their planning this Christmas.
And, while in-store browsing continues to be popular among grandparents, uncles and aunties, parents are showing a greater willingness to experiment with new cheaper behaviours, including shopping second-hand on platforms such as Facebook Marketplace. (Tight bastards.)
Anyway, I was beginning to wonder why today’s parents are too busy and too mean to make an effort for the kiddies when it suddenly hit me; this is not only Black Friday, it is also Unfaithful Friday. With over 80% of love rats planning to see their extramarital partner, they simply do not have the time or the money to do anything else, according to our old friends at Illictencounters.
In fact, there are so many cheaters trying to hook up that the Illicitencounters website has actually crashed today and I for one haven’t been able to get on it (for research purposes only, of course).
Still, luckily that does free up more time for shopping – told you it was going to be a quickie – and, as all us girls know, nothing beats coming over all Christmassy when you have just bagged a new half-price 84-inch plazma telly.
Have a good one!
Foxy has ditched X but is still on Instagram, just don’t get too excited as she’s never there
